BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Hackers are targeting millions across the country. Companies nationwide have fallen victim to data breaches. Now the U.S. Attorney General is calling on Congress to take steps to protect consumers.

Meghan McCorkell has more on his call.

The attorney general is calling for a national breach alert that would give a timeline for companies to alert consumers to any security breach.

The information of 70 million Target shoppers was exposed, 77 Neiman Marcus stores were hacked and more than 300,000 University of Maryland students and faculty fell victim to a cyber attack.

Just this weekend, Apple reported a breach that could give hackers access to your email messages or even bank statements.

Now there’s a new push for national security breach alerts.

“Today I’m calling on Congress to create a strong national standard for quickly alerting consumers whose information may be compromised,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.